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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NATURAL HISTORY, by MOTHER GOOSE Poet's Biography First Line: What are little boys made of, made of? Last Line: That's what young women are made of. Variant Title(s): What Are Folks Made Of Subject(s): Children; Mothers; Childhood | |||
WHAT are little boys made of, made of? What are little boys made of? Frogs and snails And puppy-dogs' tails, That's what little boys are made of. What are little girls made of, made of? What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice And all things nice, That's what little girls are made of. What are young men made of, made of? What are young men made of? Sighs and leers And crocodile tears, That's what young men are made of. What are young women made of, made of? What are young women made of? Ribbons and laces And sweet pretty faces, That's what young women are made of. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE |
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